Chelicerate mites diverged from other arthropod lineages more than 400 million years ago
and subsequently developed specific and remarkable xenobiotic adaptations. The study of …

Fossil age data and molecular sequences are increasingly combined to establish a
timescale for the Tree of Life. Arthropods, as the most species-rich and morphologically …

Chelicerates are a diverse group of arthropods, represented by such forms as predatory
spiders and scorpions, parasitic ticks, humic detritivores, and marine sea spiders …

Eriophyoid, or four-legged mites, represent a large and ancient radiation of exclusively
phytophagous organisms known from the Triassic (230 Mya). Hypothesizing phylogenetic …

Acariform mites are an ancient and megadiverse lineage that may have experienced a
complex pattern of invasions into terrestrial and aquatic habitats. These among-realm …

High-throughput DNA methods hold great promise for phylogenetic analysis of lineages that
are difficult to study with conventional molecular and morphological approaches. The mites …

Oribatid mites, also called beetle or moss mites, include more than 10,000 named species
representing 172 families worldwide. This book provides an identification key to the 96 …

Arachnida is an exceptionally diverse class in the Arthropoda, consisting of 20 orders and
playing crucial roles in the terrestrial ecosystems. However, their interordinal relationships …

The majority of extant arachnids are terrestrial, but other chelicerates are generally aquatic,
including horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, and the extinct eurypterids. It is necessary to …

Eriophyoid mites (superfamily Eriophyoidea) comprise> 4400 species worldwide. Despite
over a century of study, the phylogenetic position of these mites within Acariformes is still …